Patents Assigned to The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research
  • IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UDP-GLUCOSE:PHLORETIN 4'-O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE FROM MALUS X DOMESTICA BORKH
    Publication number: 20190062768
    Abstract: A method of producing trilobatin is disclosed. The method comprising contacting a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 8 and having a 4?-O-glycosyltransferase activity with phloretin and UDP-glucose under conditions which allow the formation of trilobatin, thereby producing trilobatin. A method of producing a plant which produces trilobatin, transgenic plant or plant cell and methods of producing transgenic plants are disclosed. Composition comprising trilobatin are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizat
    Inventor: Mwafaq IBDAH
  • Lactic acid bacteria for the production of ethanol from biomass material
    Patent number: 10174343
    Abstract: Lactic acid bacterial cultures, cell populations and articles of manufacture comprising same are disclosed for generating ethanol from lignocellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARD) (Volcani Center), Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Itzhak Mizrahi, Naama Shterzer, Raphael Lamed, Inna Rozman Grinberg, Edward A. Bayer, Sarah Morais, Etai Landou
  • Melon plants with enhanced fruit yields
    Patent number: 10111395
    Abstract: A Cucumis melo plant or a part thereof, the plant bearing more than 12 fruit, the fruit being seedless. Methods of generating same and breeding same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizatin (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Yaakov Tadmor, Yosef Burger, Ayala Meir, Uzi Saar, Fabian Baumkoler, Arthur A. Schaffer, Nurit Katzir, Ido Oz, Tamar Lavee
  • Compositions containing as the active ingredient components from seed
    Patent number: 10071073
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a food supplement comprising Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds as well as finished food products comprising the food supplement. The present invention further concerns a nutraceutical or cosmetic preparation comprising as an active ingredient Salvia sclarea seeds, or flour, oil or pulp or extracts obtained from the seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
    Inventors: Nativ Dudai, Zohara Yaniv Bacharach, Eli Putievsky, Diah Saadi, Dan Schafferman, David Chaimovitsh
  • ISOLATED POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME FOR GENERATING PLANTS WITH INCREASED CUTICLAR WATER PERMEABILITY
    Publication number: 20180244733
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide is provided. The isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 22, the polypeptide being capable of increasing a cuticular water permeability of a plant expressing same. Also provided are methods of generating plants expressing such polypeptides which can be used for producing dehydrated plants or cuticular covered portions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizat
    Inventors: Arthur A. SCHAFFER, Ran HOVAV
  • Honey bee mite disruptive compounds and methods of application
    Patent number: 10022338
    Abstract: This disclosure describes compounds that affect the olfactory responses of the honey bee mite (Varroa destructor) and methods of use thereof. The compounds do not kill Varroa destructor, and are therefore unlikely to generate Varroa destructor resistance, compared to an acaricide. The compounds can work in conjunction with other mite control approaches, such as a bottom board excluder and sticky board control devices, and can enhance the performance of other forms of mite control while decreasing disadvantages associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Simon Fraser University, The State of Israel, Ministry Of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Erika Plettner, Victoria Soroker
  • Avocado tree named `MIRIAM'
    Publication number: 20180103568
    Abstract: A new and distinct avocado of Persea americana P. Mill. named ‘MIRIAM’, particularly characterized by resistance to phytophthora cinnamomi, drought, Alkaline soils, and salinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
    Inventors: Avraham Ben YA'AKOV, Miriam SILBERSTEIN, Vered IRIHIMOVITCH
  • Avocado tree named 'BEN-YA'ACOV1'
    Publication number: 20180103569
    Abstract: A new and distinct avocado of Persea americana P. Mill. named ‘BEN-YA'ACOV1’, particularly characterized by lower tendency towards alternate bearing, phytophthora cinnamomi and salinity resistance, and induced productivity on the grafted varieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
    Inventors: Avraham BEN YA'AKOV, Miriam SILBERSTEIN, Vered IRIHIMOVITCH
  • Avocado tree named 'TAMI'
    Publication number: 20180103567
    Abstract: A new and distinct avocado of Persea americana P. Mill. named ‘TAMI’, particularly characterized by phytophthora cinnamomi resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
    Inventors: Avraham Ben Ya'akov, Miriam Silberstein, Vered Irihimovitch
  • hybrids
    Patent number: 9826690
    Abstract: A plant or a part thereof, the plant being a Cucurbita pepo hybrid having more than one flower/fruit per node as in Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana, the fruit of the plant having the phenotype of that of Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventor: Harry Stuart Paris
  • ISOLATED POLYPEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME FOR GENERATING PLANTS WITH INCREASED CUTICLAR WATER PERMEABILITY
    Publication number: 20170066803
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide is provided. The isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 22, the polypeptide being capable of increasing a cuticular water permeability of a plant expressing same. Also provided are methods of generating plants expressing such polypeptides which can be used for producing dehydrated plants or cuticular covered portions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizat
    Inventors: Arthur A. SCHAFFER, Ran HOVAV
  • Use of fructokinases and sucrose synthases for increasing cell wall polymers
    Patent number: 9556421
    Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting increased cell wall content. In one embodiment, transgenic plants engineered to over-express fructokinase (FRK) or both FRK and sucrose synthase (SuSy) are provided. The FRK+SuSy double-transgenic plants of the invention consistently exhibit enhanced cell wall polymer deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
    Inventors: David Granot, Marcelo Ariel German, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Nir Dai, Arthur Schaffer, Marina Petrikov
  • Insect blowing and suction system
    Patent number: 9532562
    Abstract: An insect blowing and suction system including at least two tangential blowers, each creating an air stream at a suitable angle relative to the ground but in opposite directions to each other. The two air streams combine and are diverted upward, thereby lifting insects upward. The upward air velocity is increased by at least one upper axial blower that sucks the air from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER)
    Inventors: Shmuel Ganmor, Rafi Regev, Aharon Weiseblum, David Ben-Yakir
  • Isolated polynucleotides and methods and plants using same for regulating plant acidity
    Patent number: 9512188
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide modulates acidity of a plant. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs and plant cells comprising same and methods of using same for modulating acidity of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Arthur A. Schaffer, Shahar Cohen, Yosef Burger, Nurit Katzir
  • Isolated polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same for generating plants with increased cuticlar water permeability
    Patent number: 9497909
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide is provided. The isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 22, the polypeptide being capable of increasing a cuticular water permeability of a plant expressing same. Also provided are methods of generating plants expressing such polypeptides which can be used for producing dehydrated plants or cuticular covered portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Arthur A. Schaffer, Ran Hovav
  • Neuroprotective natural extract from passion fruit
    Patent number: 9452190
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment and prevention of neural cell and neuro-pathological disorders are provided, comprising contacting the neural cells, or administering to a subject in need thereof, botanical raw material (BRM) or an extract obtainable from passion fruits. Compositions, as well as a nutraceutical composition comprising the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ARO) (VOLCANI CENTER), YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
    Inventors: Alon Samach, Oren Tirosh, Edna Pesis, Avital Artan, Livnat Goldenberg, Aron Troen
  • SYNERGISTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR POTENTIATING ANTI-OXIDATIVE ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20160166533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synergistic compositions for protection against oxidative damage, consisting essentially of antacids in conjunction with antioxidants. The invention further relates to method for preventing oxidative damage using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organizat
    Inventors: Niva SHAPIRA, Joseph KANNER
  • Synergistic compositions and method for potentiating anti-oxidative activity
    Patent number: 9060959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to synergistic compositions for protection against oxidative damage, consisting essentially of antacids in conjunction with antioxidants. The invention further relates to method for preventing oxidative damage using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) (Volcani Center)
    Inventors: Niva Shapira, Joseph Kanner
  • Composition of cultured grape cells
    Patent number: 9061053
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition comprising a cell line callus culture of grape berry cells grown in vitro, whereby the cell line callus culture of grape berry cells is derived from one or more of grape-berry cross section, grape-berry skin, grape-berry flesh, grape seed, grape embryo of seeded or seedless cultivars or grape seed coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, (A.R.O), THE VOLCANI CENTER
    Inventors: Yuval Eshdat, Avi Perl
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING POMEGRANATE SEEDS FROM POMEGRANATES
    Publication number: 20150082998
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting pomegranate seeds from pomegranates including a pomegranate breaker operative for breaking open pomegranates generally without cutting pomegranate seeds at the interior of the pomegranates and a pomegranate seed extractor operative to engage broken open pomegranates for separating the pomegranate seeds from other parts of the pomegranates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION,
    Inventors: Ze'ev Schmilovitch, Yoav Sarig, Avraham Daskal, Eitan Weinberg, Friedrich Grosz, Benjamin Ronen, Aharon Hoffman, Haim Egozi